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Llandaff and Barry (UK Parliament constituency)

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Llandaff and Barry
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved countyGlamorganshire
Major settlementsLlandaff, Barry
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth Glamorganshire
Replaced byBarry and Cardiff West

Llandaff and Barry was a county constituency centred on the towns of Llandaff and Barry in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election. Initial proposals were to call the division "Llandaff" but there was opposition from local representatives of Barry and Glamorgan.[1] The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

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The Urban District of Barry, and the Rural District of Llandaff and Dinas Powis..[1]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1918 Sir William Cope Conservative
1929 Charles Lloyd Labour
1931 Patrick Munro Conservative
1942 by-election Cyril Lakin Conservative
1945 Lynn Ungoed-Thomas Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Llandaff and Barry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist William Cope 13,307 62.0
Labour Russell Lowell Jones 6,607 30.8
Independent Charles Frederick Gilborne Sixsmith 1,539 7.2
Majority 6,700 31.2
Turnout 21,453 63.0
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Llandaff and Barry[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Cope 13,129 44.1 −17.9
Labour James Lovat-Fraser 9,031 30.4 −0.4
Liberal John Claxton Meggitt 7,577 25.5 New
Majority 4,098 13.7 −17.5
Turnout 29,737 76.8 +13.8
Unionist hold Swing -8.7
General election 1923: Llandaff and Barry[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Cope 11,050 37.9 −6.2
Liberal Elfyn Williams David 10,213 35.1 +9.6
Labour Thomas F. Worrall 7,871 27.0 −3.4
Majority 837 2.8 −10.9
Turnout 29,134 72.1 −4.7
Unionist hold Swing -7.9
General election 1924: Llandaff and Barry[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Cope 15,801 46.8 +8.9
Labour Charles Lloyd 11,609 34.3 +7.3
Liberal Elfyn Williams David 6,389 18.9 −16.2
Majority 4,192 12.5 +9.7
Turnout 33,799 80.2 +8.1
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1929: Llandaff and Barry[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Lloyd 21,468 40.8 +6.5
Unionist William Cope 18,799 35.7 −11.1
Liberal Ewan Davies 12,352 23.5 +4.6
Majority 2,669 5.1 N/A
Turnout 52,619 82.5 +2.3
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Llandaff and Barry[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Munro 33,590 60.7 +25.0
Labour Charles Lloyd 21,767 39.3 +15.8
Majority 11,823 21.4 N/A
Turnout 55,357 81.8 −0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Llandaff and Barry[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Munro 29,099 51.2 −9.5
Labour Charles Lloyd 27,677 48.7 +9.4
Majority 1,422 2.5 −18.9
Turnout 56,776 77.0 −4.8
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

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1942 Llandaff and Barry by-election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Lakin 19,408 56.9 +5.7
Independent Socialist Kim Mackay 13,753 40.3 New
Independent Welsh Nationalist Rolle Malcolm Ritson Paton 975 2.9 New
Majority 5,655 16.6 +14.1
Turnout 34,136 41.5 −35.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1945: Llandaff and Barry[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 33,706 47.5 −1.2
Conservative Cyril Lakin 27,108 38.2 −13.0
Liberal Morgan Edward Bransby-Williams 10,132 14.3 New
Majority 6,598 9.3 N/A
Turnout 70,946 73.8 −3.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "Redistribution of South Glamorgan - Local Government Inquiry Held At Cardiff - Our New Division to be called Barry or Barry-Llandaff". Barry Dock News. 20 July 1917. p. 5.
  2. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  3. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  4. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  5. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  6. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  7. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  8. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  9. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  10. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  11. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
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